A glance at Christ will save, but it is the gazing at Christ that sanctifies.

Life itself is vanishing fast. Make haste for eternity.

I ordered a soda - caffeine-free, low sodium, no artificial flavors. They brought me a glass of water.

Do everything in earnest--if it is worth doing, then do it with all your might. Above all, keep much in the presence of God. Never see the face of man till you have seen his face who is our Life, our All.

The leader's role is to make sure that strategy is kept super simple.

No one ever came to Christ because they knew themselves to be of the elect. It is quite true that God has of his mere good pleasure elected some to everlasting life, but they never knew it until they came to Christ. Christ nowhere invites the elect to come to Him. The question for you is not, Am I one of the elect? But, Am I one of the human race?

If nothing else will do to sever me from my sins, Lord, send me such sore and trying calamities as shall awake me from earthly slumbers. It must always be best to be alive to Thee, whatever be the quickening instrument.